January 31, 2017 – Charis Thompson of University of California, Berkeley presents, “Protecting and Enhancing Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Learning” at the 2017 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Forum.

In this talk I review some of the biggest threats – for example, algorithmic oppression and triage, exacerbation of bubble chambers and inequality, and cybersecurity and autonomous weapons – and some of the biggest opportunities of the current state of machine learning, and consider the major approaches being taken to guiding machine learning for human benefit. I then describe three initiatives we are pursuing to intervene, implement, and archive better practice.

Learn more about the Raymond and Beverly Sackler U.S. – U.K. Scientific Forum at http://www.nasonline.org/programs/sackler-forum/.

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